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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

All Education Matters: More Threats To Pell

All Education Matters: More Threats To Pell

More Threats To Pell

Higher education advocate at U.S. PIRG, Rich Williams, has written an frightening piece for USA Today about Pell. It is at even greater risk of being eviscerated than previously thought. Neoliberals want us to believe that 'austerity measures' are necessary to 'save' the country from falling apart, but they are feeding the public with lies. At a time when Pell and other 'entitlement' programs should be supported and increased, woefully out of touch and I can only assume economically ignorant lawmakers are pushing for the exact opposite.

Here's a snippet:

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved austerity measures that expose this